Title: Heat flux and shell growth in a continuous casting mould – an analytical study

Authors: Anant Raj, K.P. Sinha, B.G. Varshney, Ashok Misra

Addresses: Heavy Machine Building Plant, Heavy Engineering Corporation, Ranchi, India. ' Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra 835215, Ranchi, India. ' Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra 835215, Ranchi, India. ' Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra 835215, Ranchi, India

Abstract: On the basis of experimental investigations in continuous casting, Wolf (1980a) has suggested a simplified relationship between the heat flux measurements and shell growth as s ∼ 0.155 H₀^0.5. Considering a cyclic function of temperature predominant in mould wall thickness less than 10 mm owing to boiling hysteresis, the relationship derived in the present work is s = 0.1582 H₀^0.5 which is in good agreement with Wolf|s results.

Keywords: continuous casting; heat flux; casting moulds; shell growth; solidification; mould wall thickness.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMPT.1991.036646

International Journal of Materials and Product Technology, 1991 Vol.6 No.1, pp.26 - 36

Published online: 05 Nov 2010 *

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